London Riots: Newsnight with Ken Livingstone and others 8th August 2011

Violence broke out for a third consecutive day in London, with riot police deployed and firefighters tackling blazes across the capital

The former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, condemned the violence, but said that young people need hope and opportunities

For the interested, here are a couple of other interesting angles:

Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the charities The Place To Be and Kids Company in the Independent:

http://ind.pn/nrIkk7

Human Rights In Ireland, in a piece titled 'Violence at the Edge: Tottenham, Athens, Paris':

http://www.humanrights.ie/index.php/2011/08/09/violence-at-the-edge-tottenham...

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[nothingtoobig]

@2608513

im 19, i live in brixton, i can tell you for certain, that your use of the word revolt is wrong, this isnt a revolt, the people who are riotig are just doing it for the purpose of destroying and looting the community, it has nothing to do with enemployment or poverty, because a lot of people who were rioting have jobs, its PURE criminality and also a lot of people who were rioting were very young kids, who should be in school not employment

[VanRomPuyArse]

ken Livingstone is a total arse!!!!!!

[blears999]

kens campaign is partly funded by muslim community groups as labour are bankrupt so expect more mosques propping up in london if he get in again

[TheSolaris810]

Poverty can bring out the best & the worst in us. Greed is in all of us. The knee-jerk sentencing of many of the youths may result in an unemployable generation dependant on the dole & or crime, & a further burden on the tax payer. Prison for many was Camerons elastoplast over a sore that could have been remedied with tough sanctions & community service for as long as the months/years these kids are now serving with dealers, murderers etc. These youths may be Camerons achilles heel next election

[LibertarianUK]

LOL Red Ken was always a cunt who made excuses for violence.

[smile221]

Shaun Bailey is a fucking unce tom.

[nem700]

shaun bailey is absolutely right.

[nem700]

if there is a open door to a whole shop of goods and you feel that you can get away with it, a great number of people will loot. It's natural instinct.